Catalogue
Lot 4561
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
BASIL I THE MACEDONIAN AND CONSTANTINE, (A.D.867-886), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued from A.D. 867-879, (4.27 g), obv. Christ enthroned facing wearing nimbus, raising right ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Lot 4562
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS, with Romanus I and Christopher, (913-959), gold nomismata, (4.44 g), Constantinople mint, struck AD 924-931, obv. IhS XPS REX REGNANTIUM* around, Christ ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $560
Lot 4563
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
CONSTANTINE VII AND ROMANUS II, (913-959), gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued from 945, (4.33 g), obv. Christ facing bust wearing nimbus, raising right hand in ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $650
Lot 4564
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
CONSTANTINE IX, (1042-1055), histamenon nomisma, (4.42 g), struck at Constantinople mint, Class I, obv. Christ enthroned facing, with nimbus, rev. Constantine bust facing bearded wearing ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Lot 4565
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
CONSTANTINE X, (A.D.1059-1067), scyphate gold histamenon nomisma, Constantinople mint, (4.20 g), obv. Christ seated facing on throne with curved arms, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Lot 4566
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
MICHAEL VII, (A.D.1071-1078), electrum gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.41 g), obv. bearded Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, in left hand ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Lot 4567
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
NICEPHORUS III, (A.D.1078-1081), electrum gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (4.37 g), obv. bearded Christ enthroned no back, facing, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, in ...
Estimate $600
Lot 4568
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
ALEXIUS I, (1081-1118), gold hyperpyron (flattened), Constantinople mint, post reform issue, 1092-1118 (4.35 g), obv. Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, raising hand in benediction ...
Estimate $450
SOLD $420
Lot 4569
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
JOHN II COMNENUS, (1118-1143), gold hyperpyron (3.84 g), Constantinople mint, second coinage, circa 1122-1137, obv. seated facing figure of Christ Pantokrator IC XC across at ...
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Lot 4570
Sale 119 Ancient Gold - Byzantine
MANUEL I, (1143-1180), electrum aspron trachy, (4.52 g), struck at Constantinople mint, scyphate flan, obv. Christ enthroned facing, with nimbus, IC - XC across, rev. ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $360
Lot 4571
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
GAUL, Massalia (as a Colony founded by the Phokaians), (c.100 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.51 g), obv. crude head of Artemis to right, rev. crude lion ...
Estimate $180
SOLD $300
Lot 4572
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Campania, Cumae, (c.420-380 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (6.83 g), obv. head of female (nymph) to right, rev. mussel hinge to left, corn-grain ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Lot 4573
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Campania, Hyria, (c.400-395 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.14 g), obv. head of crested helmeted Athena to left, with owl and wreath on ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Lot 4574
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Campania, Neapolis (Naples), (c.340-240 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (6.97 g), an obverse brockage, obv. head of nymph to right, bunch of grapes behind, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Lot 4575
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (c.302-280 B.C.), silver nomos or didrachm, (7.81 g), Arethon, Sa-, and Cas-, magistrates, obv. youth on horseback to right, placing wreath ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
Lot 4576
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (3rd century B.C., 281-272 Ravel), silver drachm, (3.16 g), obv. head of Athena wearing crested helmet ornamented with Skylla to left, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Lot 4577
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
ITALY, Lucania, Poseidonia, (480-400 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm (7.55 g), obv. Poseidon naked except for chlamys over shoulder, advancing to right, brandishing trident to ...
Estimate $150
Lot 4578
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Acragas, (c.450 B.C.), AE trias or tetrankion, cone shape (18x18x12 mm), obv. eagle standing to left, [A K], rev. crab, underside four dots, (cf.S.1020, ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Lot 4579
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Gela, (c.425-420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (17.15 g), obv. Nike driving slow quadriga right, holding reins, large wreath above, in exergue **GELWION*, rev. forepart of ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 4580
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, (341-317 B.C.), silver stater, (8.30 g), obv. head of Athena to right wearing plain Corinthian helmet, **SURAK[OSION]* before, rev. Pegasos flying to left, ...
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Lot 4581
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, silver four litrai, issued by Gelon II, son of Hieron II, (c. 218/7-216 B.C.), (3.34 g), obv. diademed head of Gelon to left, ...
Estimate $750
SOLD $750
Lot 4582
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, Philistis wife of Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), silver sixteen litrai, struck c.218/7-215 B.C., (13.68 g), obv. diademed and veiled bust of Philistis to ...
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,500
Lot 4583
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, Philistis wife of Hieron II (275-215 B.C.), silver five litrai, (4.47 g), issued 217-215 B.C., obv. diademed and veiled head of Philistis to ...
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,800
Lot 4584
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, Time of Agathokles to Hiketas, (c.317-278 B.C.), AE 24 (9.75 g), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to right, traces of ethnic around, rev. ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Lot 4585
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, Hieron II, (275-216 B.C.), AE 26 (15.44, 20.03 g), obv. Hieron diademed head left, first with cornucopiae behind, second with standing Artemis, rev. ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $170
Lot 4586
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICILY, Syracuse, reign of Hieron II, (275-215 B.C.), AE 26, (21.39 g), obv. diademed head of Hieron beardless to left, bucranium behind, rev. horseman prancing ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Lot 4587
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICULO-PUNIC, (c.350-320/315 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.73 g), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to right wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, poppy head behind, two dolphins before, ...
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $2,400
Lot 4588
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
SICULO-PUNIC, mint of the camp, (c.320-310 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.14 g), obv. wreathed head of Persephone to left, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, four ...
Estimate $5,000
Lot 4589
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
PAEONIA, Kingdom of, Patraos, (c.340-315 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (12.67 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, rev. horseman to right spearing fallen enemy, who ...
Estimate $400
SOLD $380
Lot 4590
Sale 119 Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
THRACE, Island off Thrace, Thasos, (after 148 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.74 g), obv. large head of young Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy and band ...
Estimate $300